Clifton Webb is quite effective here as a catholic priest "Fr. Bovard" who must reconci...
Satan Never Sleeps
A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing priest, who is now too old and weak to continue with the upkeep of the church. However, Communist soldiers arrive at the mission and seize it as a command post. Their leader rapes the native girl and impregnates her, only later to realize that Communism is no good for him. In the end, the foursome flee to the border, but are pursued by Communist forces along the way.
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Satan Never Sleeps
- Overview
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- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 22, 1962
Runtime
2h 5m
Genres
Drama
User Score
51%
Original Title
Satan Never Sleeps
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Director
Leo McCarey
Description
A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing priest, who is now too old and weak to continue with the upkeep of the church. However, Communist soldiers arrive at the mission and seize it as a command post. Their leader rapes the native girl and impregnates her, only later to realize that Communism is no good for him. In the end, the foursome flee to the border, but are pursued by Communist forces along the way.